Technological trends in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa between MIS 7 and MIS 3

S Wurz - Current Anthropology, 2013 - journals.uchicago.edu
The range of technological elements that marks the Middle Stone Age originated more than
300,000 years ago and formed the basic tool kit for an extended period of time. No spatial …

Neandertals revised

W Roebroeks, M Soressi - Proceedings of the National …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The last decade has seen a significant growth of our knowledge of the Neandertals, a
population of Pleistocene hunter-gatherers who lived in (western) Eurasia between∼ …

[HTML][HTML] The revolution that still isn't: The origins of behavioral complexity in Homo sapiens

EML Scerri, M Will - Journal of Human Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
The behavioral origins of Homo sapiens can be traced back to the first material culture
produced by our species in Africa, the Middle Stone Age (MSA). Beyond this broad …

Those marvellous millennia: the Middle Stone Age of southern Africa

L Wadley - Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Africa's Middle Stone Age (MSA) may have lasted almost half a million years, but its earliest
expression is not yet well understood. The MSA is best known for innovations that appear in …

Coalescence and fragmentation in the late Pleistocene archaeology of southernmost Africa

A Mackay, BA Stewart, BM Chase - Journal of human evolution, 2014 - Elsevier
The later Pleistocene archaeological record of southernmost Africa encompasses several
Middle Stone Age industries and the transition to the Later Stone Age. Through this period …

Technological successions in the middle stone age sequence of Diepkloof rock shelter, western Cape, South Africa

G Porraz, PJ Texier, W Archer, M Piboule… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The southern African MSA comprises a series of phases of unique technological innovations
that fuel current models on the evolutionary processes of Anatomically Modern Humans …

[图书][B] The evolution of Paleolithic technologies

SL Kuhn - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

Environmental influences on human innovation and behavioural diversity in southern Africa 92–80 thousand years ago

A Mackay, SJ Armitage, EM Niespolo… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Africa's Middle Stone Age preserves sporadic evidence for novel behaviours
among early modern humans, prompting a range of questions about the influence of social …

Pressure flaking to serrate bifacial points for the hunt during the MIS5 at Sibudu Cave (South Africa)

V Rots, C Lentfer, VC Schmid, G Porraz, NJ Conard - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Projectile technology is considered to appear early in the southern African Middle Stone Age
(MSA) and the rich and high resolution MSA sequence of Sibudu Cave in KwaZulu-Natal …

Experimental approaches to archaeological fire features and their behavioral relevance

V Aldeias - Current Anthropology, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
The uses and functions of fire in early human adaptations are commonly debated and at
times very controversial topics. It is important to recognize under what circumstances and …